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Transcriptional Noise and Somatic Mutations in the Aging Pancreas

  • Avital Swisa
  • , Klaus H. Kaestner*
  • , Yuval Dor
  • *Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

The underlying mechanisms and functional significance of pancreatic β cell heterogeneity are an intensive area of investigation. In a recent Cell paper, Enge and colleagues (2017) performed single-cell RNA sequencing of human pancreatic cells and concluded that with age, pancreatic cells become transcriptionally noisy and accumulate somatic mutations. The underlying mechanisms and functional significance of pancreatic β cell heterogeneity are an intensive area of investigation. In a recent Cell paper, Enge and colleagues (2017) performed single-cell RNA sequencing of human pancreatic cells and concluded that with age, pancreatic cells become transcriptionally noisy and accumulate somatic mutations.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)809-811
Number of pages3
JournalCell Metabolism
Volume26
Issue number6
DOIs
StatePublished - 5 Dec 2017

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